Trial reportChild psychiatry and human development2021
Randomised Controlled Trial of Study Without Stress: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Program to Reduce Stress in Students in the Final Year of High School.
Trial report in Child psychiatry and human development, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Academic Stress Interventions in High Schools: A Systematic Literature Review.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of acute exercise on stress reactivity assessed via a multidimensional approach: a systematic review.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Targeting Self-Oriented Perfectionism Through a School-Based CBT-Informed Program Integrating Excellencism: A Pilot Study in Final-Year High School Girls.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- A scoping review of school-based psychological interventions for adolescent mental health in secondary education: addressing anxiety, depression, and well-being.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- School educational models and child mental health among K-12 students: a scoping review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Typically students in their final year of school report high levels of anxiety, depression and stress. This study evaluated Study without Stress, a group cognitive behavioural program to reduce student stress. Fifty-six final year students (77% female) from four Australian secondary schools were randomly allocated to Study without Stress delivered by school staff, or to an 8-week usual care condition. Changes in self-reported stress, anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, and teacher reported emotional problems were assessed pre to post-treatment using intent-to-treat analyses. Maintenance of changes were examined 3-months later. Compared to usual care, Study without Stress led to significant reductions in self-reported stress and distress, and increases in self-efficacy that were maintained over time, with no significant changes in anxiety, depression or teacher reported emotional problems. Study without Stress is beneficial for reducing academic stress and improving self-efficacy in final year students when delivered in a school setting.
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